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Surface science

the stability of colloids explained as a balance between van der Waals attraction and electrical double-layer repulsion.

In surface science, DLVO theory refers to the stability of colloids explained as a balance between van der Waals attraction and electrical double-layer repulsion. This meaning comes from Derjaguin (1941/1993) in Progress in Surface Science.[1]

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Derjaguin, B., & Landau, L. (1993). Theory of the stability of strongly charged lyophobic sols and of the adhesion of strongly charged particles in solutions of electrolytes. Progress in Surface Science, 43(1-4), 30-59. (Original work published 1941) https://doi.org/10.1016/0079-6816(93)90013-l

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